Jarts Tapestries

Jarts (or lawn darts) were a game from a simpler, more naive time. Sure, they could embed themselves in your little sister's head just as easily as the lawn, but they were tons of fun and for some reason, our parents let us toss them around with little to no supervision.

Defunct 60s Lawn Jarts Missile Game

Duck or Die / Lawn Jarts Missile Game

Warning Label / Lawn Jarts Missile Game

I Survived the 70s / Jarts Missile Game

I Survived the 60s / Jarts Missile Game

I Survived the 80s / Jarts Missile Game

Did you play Jarts as a kid? Lets bring em back!

Jarts, were all the rage in the ’70s and ’80s. A few Jarts, a few friends, and a few beers, American backyard-barbecue-goers would lay down small plastic hoops as targets and play a game not entirely unlike horseshoes. In 1982, folks in Eastern, Washington decided to hold the First Annual Tri-Cities Jarts Championship event at Columbia Park in Kennewick, Washington. Attracting as many as 200 contestants, law darts were flying everywhere that Saturday, and a good time was had by everyone. Well, other than those involved in several Jart related incidents, but luckily for them, Tri-Cities Ambulance was the event sponsor, so they were taken care of relatively quickly. Needless to say, the second annual event would never happen as intended.

Throw then run

Everyone's favorite backyard, lose an eye, game!

Vintage Retro Jarts

Generation Xers survived the brutal lawn dart game that was Jarts. Lawn darts were banned in America by the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission in 1988 for the severe danger that they presented. This ban had to be reissued in 1997 and people were urged to destroy the game.

Lawn Darts the game to survive from the 1970s and 1980s. Lawn darts (also known as Javelin darts, jarts, lawn jarts or yard darts) is a lawn game for two players or teams. A lawn dart set usually includes four large darts and two targets. The game play and objective are similar to those of both horseshoes and darts. The darts are typically 12 inches (30cm) in length with a weighted metal or plastic tip on one end and three plastic fins on a rod at the other end. The darts are intended to be tossed underhand toward a horizontal ground target, where the weighted end hits first and sticks into the ground. The target is typically a plastic ring, and landing anywhere within the ring scores a point.